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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)
[–] MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Depends on how you pronounce shire. Americans tend to pronounce it like the hobbit place when it's more like "shuh".

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait, Tolkien was English. He didn't mean "Shire" to be pronounced like we Americans do it?

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

He did

As a standalone word it's Shire as we say it, but put it at the end of a word and you pronounce it differently

Lancashire is lanka-sheer, for example

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